diff --git a/libavformat/rtp.c b/libavformat/rtp.c
index eeb455faa7..2b560057bb 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtp.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtp.c
@@ -532,9 +532,9 @@ static int rtp_write_header(AVFormatContext *s1)
         payload_type = RTP_PT_PRIVATE; /* private payload type */
     s->payload_type = payload_type;
 
-    s->base_timestamp = random();
+    s->base_timestamp = 0; /* FIXME: was random(), what should this be? */
     s->timestamp = s->base_timestamp;
-    s->ssrc = random();
+    s->ssrc = 0; /* FIXME: was random(), what should this be? */
     s->first_packet = 1;
 
     max_packet_size = url_fget_max_packet_size(&s1->pb);